base only, max.: H. 5.4 × W. 10 × D. 6.6 cm (2 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.) vessel and stand, max.: H. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Stoneware with celadon glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseYellow nephrite
18th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze blue splashes
8th-9th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red and green enamels; swith purious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Xuande nian zao"
16th centuryChineseExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscription on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
11th-12th centuryChinese